Quaid Trophy: Stunning Shahzad wrecks Faisalabad

ISLAMABAD Shahzad Azams stunning 11 wicket haul led hosts Islamabad to a big innings and 70 runs win against Faisalabad in the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture here at Diamond Club Ground on Friday. Shehzad, who claimed four wickets in the first innings and seven in the second innings, pounced on the opposition batting line and bundled them for 106 in their second innings. He conceded just 34 runs for his seven wickets. Faisalabad required 176 runs to avoid the follow-on on the last day of the match but they wasted all their 10 wicket adding only 105 runs in their second innings. Imran Ali was top score with 20 runs for Faisalabad. He hit four boundaries. Top order batsman failed to show impressive performance. SNGPL maul clueless KRL Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) sealed a comprehensive six-wicket win in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket match against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi. SNGPL were just 70 runs away from victory, as they were eyeing the target of 87 runs. Mohammad Hafeez 12 and Imran Ali 0 reopened the second innings at 16 for 2, as both the batsmen aggregated 60 runs for the third wicket. Hafeez scored 52 runs while Imran Ali remained not out on 22. Hafeez hit nine fours during his 102 minutes innings and he faced 71 balls. Skipper of the winning team Misbah-ul-Haq also remained not out on six runs. Muhammad Irfan captured two wickets while Yasir Arfat and Jaffar Nazir got each one wicket for KRL. Wicketkeeper Zulfiqar Jan got three catches during the second innings of SNGPL. HBL's Sarmad leads ZTBL rout Outstanding bowling figures of 6 for 70 by Sarmad Anwar helped Habib Bank Limited (HBL) clinch 83-run win over Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) in the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at Marghzar cricket ground on Friday. ZTBL resumed their innings at 91 for five and added 149 runs to register victory. Sarmad Ali was the most successful bowler who claimed two scalps in the first innings, finished with bowling figures of 6 wickets for 70 runs. Kamran Hussain supported Sarmad well by getting three wickets, as he conceded 38 runs in 10 overs. Shahid Yousaf 22, Zohaib Khan 21, Rehan Riaz 18 not out, Muhammad Khalil 15 and Kashif Daud 15 were the main scorers for ZTBL. Test batsman Imran Nazir could score just 13 runs, as he had scored 27 in the first innings. Wapda register crushing win against PIA Wapda defeated PIA with a comprehensive margin 141 runs in the fifth round Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. The Wapda bowling attack ripped apart the PIA batting dismissing them for 137 ensuring win for their team in 58.5 overs. PIA resumed the innings at 17 runs for no loss but none of their batsmen could face the Wapda bowling attack led by Sarfraz Ahmed, Umaid Asif, Azharullah, Imranullah and Bilal Khilji. Except Fahad Iqbal, who made 40 runs, there was no prominent scorer. Yasir Hameed and Sarfraz provided 20 runs each in their little contribution to the score. Sarfraz Ahmed in his 15.5 over snared three wickets while Umaid Asif, Azharullah, Imranullah shared two wickets each and Khilji had one. Hyderabad gather points from drawn match Hyderabad gained valuable points against Lahore Ravi from a drawn match of the fifth round Quaid-e-Azam Trophy here at the LCCA ground on the fourth and final day on Friday. Hyderabad after resuming its innings at 61 for four went for a draw instead of declaring the innings and pushing Lahore for a decision. However, in this drawn game they gained valuable points. Hyderabad made 346 in their second innings with their overnight players Hanif-ur-Rehman and Nasrullah Memon making 55 and 28 respectively. But Lal Kumar and Mir Ali Talpur put the Lahore attack to sword coming late down the order making 87 and 79 runs respectively. Pir Zulfiqar contributed 34 runs. Waqas Ahmed and Mohammad Irshad shared three wickets each while Ghulam Mustafa had two and Abdul Ghaffar had one. Brief scores: Hyderabad Region 379/10 in 104.1 overs: (Sharjeel Khan 62, 11x4, 73 balls, Shahid Qambrani 59, 8x4, 112 balls, Mir Ali Talpur 54, 8x4, 1x6, 49 balls, Hanif-ur-Rehman 49, 10x4, 55 balls, Waqas Ahmed 4/117, Kashif Siddique 2/33, Muhammad Irshad 2/107) and 346/9 in 90 overs: (Lal Kumar 87, 11x4, 1x6, 141 balls, Mir Ali Talpur 79, 13x4, 1x6, 91 balls, Hanif-ur-Rehman 55, 11x4, 74 balls, Waqas Ahmed 3/55, Muhammad Irshad 3/100, Ghulam Mustafa 2/88) vs. Lahore Ravi 348/10 in 83.5 overs: (Kashif Siddique 121, 20x4, 198 balls, Muhammad Irshad 65, 6x4, 3x6, 89 balls, Waqas Ahmed 33, 34 balls, Ghulam Mustafa 27*, 3x4, 55 balls, Mir Ali Talpur 4/82, Naeem-ur-Rehman 3/87) Karachi Blues eke out victory over fighting Multan Karachi Blues scored 25 runs victory over Multan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match but not before the visitors had out up gallant fight in second innings here on the final day of the four-day contest at the National stadium on Friday. Final scores: Karachi Blues 377 and 167. Multan 229 and 290. Multan put up the resistance in its second innings seldom seen on cricket grounds. Facing an uphill task to save the contest, Multan resumed at overnight total of 99 for three, still 216 runs needed to avoid defeat but fell just 26 runs short of the target needed to register an upset win. Multans Ali Niazi (77) and first innings century maker Naveed Yasin (84) sent shivers down Karachi spine with superb fight back that almost turned the tables on the home team which had turned the game in their favour while scoring big 377 in first knock and bowling the opponents out for low 229 in reply. Multan resumed second knock at overnight total of 99 for three with the hope that Ramiz Alam with unbeaten 58 at the crease would lead Multans fight back. The batsman lasted only seventeen balls and left adding three runs to his overnight score. It was a big set back for Multan. However, when Ali Niazi was joined by Naveed Yasin at the crease, Multan hopes were revived. The two batted with confidence to thwart Karachi efforts to hasten Multans defeat. They batted on and added 146 for fifth wicket stand that extended duration of Multan innings and gave an outside chance to upset Karachi. After the break up of the partnership, Multan collapsed unceremoniously. Its last five wickets fall adding just 26 runs giving huge relief to Karach skipper Muhammad Sami. Sami took five for 48. One of his victim was Naveed Yasin who scored 84 in 173 balls hitting 13 fours. Ali Niazi fell to Tanveer Ahmed for 77 made in 110 balls with then aid of 11 fours. Tanveer took three for 86 and finished the match with seven for 145.